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QUESTIONS FOR THE MUSICALLY INCLINED
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The standard EADGBE exists because it is versatile and easy for beginners.
I don't think it's necessarily the greatest idea to base your tuning off the idea it will help you progress to other stringed instruments. The guitar is often used for chords, so its requirements are very different from the violin & Co. Guitars are fretted, so the precise hand placement is going to end up a little off. In general, it's just a very different instrument. There are fretted instruments with violin-style tuning, though: mandolin, for example.
Additionally, I'd be concerned about only having 5 strings for any long period of time. The tension in strings on the guitar do help hold the neck in its proper position. One less string is a little less force.
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timdiggerm said:
Additionally, I'd be concerned about only having 5 strings for any long period of time. The tension in strings on the guitar do help hold the neck in its proper position. One less string is a little less force.
Not only this, but open tunings decrease the tension along the neck even more. Eventually, you are going to throw your guitar out of whack leaving it with 5 strings in open tuning. Y
As someone who taught himself to play guitar 10 years ago, I would never, ever recommend someone learn the way you want to, thejediknighthusezn. It'd be like learning to paint while wearing blue-tinted glasses or something.
No offense, but stop trying to reinvent the wheel and just learn the standard tuning. It is called "standard" for a reason.
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STANDARD TUNING IS THE BEST WAY TO GO. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT THEN YOU COULD ALWAYS TUNE TO "D."
"I'VE GROWN TIRED OF ASKING, SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME..."
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re: Guitars
I’ve been looking into getting an inexpensive guitar from Amazon and a copy of Rocksmith 2014 to teach myself how to play.
I was thinking about getting an Fender Squier Bullet HSS stratocaster, but when I said so in Random Thoughts, Possessed said Fender is just a name and that Sawtooth is better for the money.
Thoughts? Agree/disagree?
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
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dude fenders are expensive as heck.
for electric guitars, an expensive one isn’t much different from a cheap one in terms of sound - i have two electrics, one expensive and one cheap, and they’re really not that different. there is a difference but it’s not that big of a difference.
in acoustics you can feel the difference a lot more, but i’m not sure if an expensive acoustic is worth it if you’re only going to start learning.
so yeah get a $50 max guitar and have fun. if you really get into it, then buy more expensive, better guitars. but it’s not worth it to buy a fender rigt now. what if you end up not even enjoying playing guitar?
also, the amplifier you use makes as much of a difference in terms of sound quality as the guitar you use. maybe even more so.
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Maybe start a new thread next time rather than bump a seven year old one started by an infamous former member? I almost freaked…
Where were you in '77?
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dude fenders are expensive as heck.
for electric guitars, an expensive one isn’t much different from a cheap one in terms of sound - i have two electrics, one expensive and one cheap, and they’re really not that different. there is a difference but it’s not that big of a difference.
in acoustics you can feel the difference a lot more, but i’m not sure if an expensive acoustic is worth it if you’re only going to start learning.
so yeah get a $50 max guitar and have fun. if you really get into it, then buy more expensive, better guitars. but it’s not worth it to buy a fender rigt now. what if you end up not even enjoying playing guitar?
also, the amplifier you use makes as much of a difference in terms of sound quality as the guitar you use. maybe even more so.
50 is pushing it, but a 100 guitar would be fine. I’m not saying fender is JUST a name. I mean they make fine guitars that’s why they’re so famous. I’m saying the fact that it’s a fender will already mean it’s more expensive than a similar quality guitar of a different brand. If you were wanting to spend thousands of dollars and price was no object, fuck yeah get a fender stratocaster. But if money is an object, you’ll get more bang for your buck getting an off brand. My favorite guitar that I own is my pevey raptor plus and I recall it being less than 200.
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I’m not a fan of the HSS layout. If you’re going for a strat, take the classic SSS version.
Ceci n’est pas une signature.